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An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names in animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).

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Director
Co Hoedeman
Director
Yuichi Ito
Director
Yôji Kuri
Director
Mark Baker
Original Music Composer
Shinichiro Ikebe
Director
Wang Borong
Director
Fumio Oi
Director
Maya Yonesho
Director
Uruma Delvi